tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/190200660 2008-03-05 16:49:31 -0500 MIT Video Productions <p><em>Thoughts on Fieldwork From Three Research Sites</em></p><p>Cultural Anthropology is a social science that explores how people understand - and act in - the world. But what, exactly, is it that Cultural Anthropologists do? How do they approach their research? In this short film, three members of MIT's <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/">Anthropology Department</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/faculty_staff/helmreich/index.html">Stefan Helmreich</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/faculty_staff/james/index.html">Erica James</a>, and <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/faculty_staff/paxson/index.html">Heather Paxson</a>, talk about their current work and the process of doing fieldwork.<br /></p> 495